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Creative Charitable Strategies for Clients with Sub-Chapter S Shares Bryan Clontz, CFP® President, Charitable Solutions, LLC

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1 Creative Charitable Strategies for Clients with Sub-Chapter S Shares Bryan Clontz, CFP® President, Charitable Solutions, LLC Bryan@charitablesolutionsllc.com 404-375-5496

2 Agenda UBIT Definition and Overview UBIT Exceptions UBIT and S-Corp Stock: A Summary UBIT Solution: Dechomai Asset Trust Trust Rates vs. Corporate Rates UBIT Case Studies UBIT Resources/Articles

3 UBIT Definition and Overview Code Section 512 defines UBIT as income derived from an unrelated trade or business – UBIT has existed for nearly 60 years Tax is paid at either corporate or trust rates Charities must file 990-T and publicly disclose UBIT section IRS may audit UBIT compliance/accuracy Practical applications and compliance of UBIT are particularly complex UBIT typically arise with S-Corp stock, real estate with debt or real estate with active service income Some charities automatically decline UBIT gifts

4 UBIT Exceptions Passive Income – rents, interest, gains, dividends, royalties, etc. 1. Exception – debt financed income Exception – mortgage for 5 years and owned for 5 years “old and cold” 2. Exception – S corporation income Charitable Remainder Trusts are not exempt from UBIT, charitable gift annuity contracts are exempt under acquisition indebtedness rules IRC 514(c)5 but the funding asset is not exempt

5 UBIT and S-Corp Stock: A Summary There are more than 3 million S-corporations - about the same as C-corporations and LLCs combined – with nearly 6 million shareholders In 1998, Congress allowed charities to be qualified shareholders of S-corporations but not CRTs Charities would have to pay UBIT on passive income as well as any pre- and post-contribution gain Donor receives a fair market value deduction (less any ordinary income reduction) on stock

6 Trust Rates (basically the same as individual rates) 15-35% with the top bracket hit at $10,450 Capital gains are taxed at 15% Corporate Rates 15-39% but are constructed to average 34-35% Capital gains are income First bracket at 15% is up to $50K, last bracket is 35% over $18.33M in taxable income Taxation – Trust vs. Corporate Rates

7 UBIT Solution: Dechomai Asset Trust Donation Flow Step 3 –Dechomai Asset Trust Grants Net Proceeds to DAF at American Endowment Foundation (AEF) Step 2 – Dechomai Asset Trust Sells Shares Step 1– California Donor Contributes S-Corp Stock to Dechomai Asset Trust, A Nevada Public Charity Deduction: $1M of S-corp stock with $200K adjusted basis UBIT at trust rates ($800K @ 15%) = $120K in tax Trust receives a 50% of AGI deduction to reduce tax to $60K plus $25,000 charitable fee or $85K net with $915K to charity; If donor sold asset, gift/deduction would have been $800K (25% tax federal and state)

8 Case Study Investment Advisor Selling to Jr. Partner Public Charitable Trust With a Donor Advised Fund Sells to New Partner/15% Gains Tax Reduced by 50% for Deduction Donor Receives a 100% FMV Deduction. Donor’s DAF at AEF Receives Net 93% of Gift as Grant Vs. Sale and Gift of Proceeds Netting 77% to DAF at AEF. Donor Contributes S-Corp to Trust-Form Public Charity in Nevada (Income Tax-Free State)

9 Joe Smith Sells 80 shares Buyer Dechomai Asset Trust Smith DAF with AEF Cash Sells 20 shares Cash UBIT Deduction Donates 20 shares Income Tax Deduction Charity ACharity B Charity C Grants Grant recommendations

10 1234 Client Sells Shares, Then Gives Proceeds to AEF Client Gives Shares to DAT, Then DAT Grants Net Proceeds to AEF Client Gives Directly to a Corporate Form Public Charity Client Gives to a Private Foundation Total Donor Tax Savings Less Taxes Paid600,0002,000,000 0 Total Amount Left for Charitable Giving4,000,0004,475,0003,425,000 4 Scenario Summary Assumptions: S-Corp Shares FMV$5,000,000 Cost Basis -0- Federal Tax (Ordinary Income) 35% Federal Tax Rate (Capital gains) 15% State Income Tax 5% Scenarios

11 UBIT Resources and Articles American Endowment Foundation Tools: Flow Chart and Worksheet The Tax Law of Unrelated Business for Nonprofit Organizations by Bruce Hopkins, John Wiley & Sons (2005). “Tax Savings Opportunities for Charities Owning Subchapter S Stock,” by Laura Peebles – Planned Giving Design Center “UBTI in Charitable Planning” – 2008 ACGA Conference by David Wheeler Newman “Gifts from Subchapter S Corporations and Their Shareholders,” by Chris Hoyt and Pam Segars – 2006 NCPG Conference


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